Syracuse is synonymous with snow for a lot of people, including my Mom who never really seemed to have gotten used to the cold and long winters. To this day, she curls up with a hot corn bag under the covers and around Christmas time was usually when the stove in the living room is on all day. In 2014, December 25th was one of those rare green Christmases in Syracuse however. To us that was kind of special and strange at the same time. Maybe that’s why we decided to get out and do something fun. I had a bunch of Santa costumes in storage at my parents’ house from a film that I had made, and on a whim we decided to surprise Mary, one of my mom’s dearest friends, with a visit from Santa.
Because Mary lives up the street, we walked over to her house and took a few pictures on the way. There were some remnants of snow, which Santa aka Ruby pointed out for the camera, but otherwise you could still see the fall leaves on the ground.
Because Mary lives up the street, we walked over to her house and took a few pictures on the way. There were some remnants of snow, which Santa aka Ruby pointed out for the camera, but otherwise you could still see the fall leaves on the ground.
Santa Ruby even pretended to take a little nap in the grass, for we all know that Christmas time can be exhausting for a Santa Claus.
But the moment that made this day so incredibly special was when we arrived at Mary’s house. We rang the doorbell and when Mary came to greet us, her face lit up like a Christmas tree. You would have thought that she was a kid on Christmas morning that got a visit from good ol' Saint Nick. That’s the level of happy we’re talking about.
Mary was similar to my mom in that she always wanted to feed people. She’s the type of lady who would still offer you food even if you had told her you just came from lunch or dinner, and whenever you ate her food it would make her so very happy. I don’t know how many cookies my mom and I ate at her house that day, but let’s just say it was A LOT. For Mary, the fact that she not only got a visit from her dear friend dressed up as Santa but also that she got to give her so many homemade cookies made her happy as could be. And let’s face it: Wouldn’t you want to give this Santa all your cookies and milk if she knocked on your door?
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